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Date:	Thu, 1 Aug 2013 12:50:18 -0500
From:	Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@...il.com>
To:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
Cc:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>, Aaron Lu <aaron.lwe@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [REGRESSION/PATCH] acpi: blacklist win8 OSI for ASUS Zenbok Prime UX31A

On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 12:42 PM, Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 01, 2013 at 12:37:04PM -0500, Felipe Contreras wrote:
>> On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 1:47 PM, Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org> wrote:
>> > If we can't make an interface 100% consistent, we shouldn't pretend that
>> > the interface is 100% consistent. We can't, and so we don't. Setting a
>> > backlight value of 0 may turn the screen off, and userspace needs to
>> > deal with that.
>>
>> This is insanity; we can never guarantee 100% of anything.
>>
>> Better is better. And 99% is better than 90%
>
> An interface that describes reality is better than one that doesn't. But
> hey, feel free to disagree and post a patch for the ABI docs.

An interface that is useful to the user is better than one that is not.

-- 
Felipe Contreras
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